452 B
452 B
built herself a stronghold
Here the city of Tyre is pictured as a woman. Alternate translation: "built a strong fortress" or "built a high wall" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)
heaped up silver like dust and refined gold like mud in the streets
Yahweh exaggerates to emphasize how rich Tyre was. Alternate translation: "accumulated silver and gold as much as soil in the streets" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-hyperbole)